Monday, September 24, 2007

he just won't let you see it: he is keeping the expenses ridiculously low (this means denying the community that made craigslist what it is basic things like customer service -- most users in need of help just can't get it... while the money is sitting in the bank accounts? (17th paragraph)... whose bank accounts? Jim&Craig's of course...

the result of keeping expenses very low is huge net profits that end-up in the shareholders' pockets because Craig switched to for profit in 1999 -- if that's NOT pocketing the money, I don't know what is...

Delia

P.S. and they have the nerve to talk about customer service, philanthropic mindset and all that -- bullshit of the century... D.

it wouldn't be half as bad if you weren't a journalist of all things... how can you (and plenty of others) just ... eat up all that PR without a shred of doubt?... it's painful to see... article after article after article... no original research, no real questions asked... what a travesty of journalism...

Your $50 million estimate seems to be pretty old (craigslist has added a bunch of cities to the "pay list" and keeps doing it in a rapid succession -- that has to dramatically boost profits since they are not using the extra money for things like customer service or improvement (although the profits are getting to be ridiculously large -- given the claim to be "non-commercial" -- craigslist remains severely understaffed and severely underdeveloped).

MORE: College Call Girl, The Price (4th paragraph) : "I want to be very clear that I recommend this lifestyle for no one. It is easy enough to cross the line because the line is invisible. Much harder still to go back, to return to a time when you shared no piece of yourself with strange men, men you don’t like, even men who don’t like you. I detached myself completely from the work I was doing and felt that I was getting off scot-free with minimal psychological impact. I was having fun at first; I felt beautiful and confident and adored and I was financially secure for the first time ever. But those nights found their way underneath my skin. They just burrowed down deep under the folds of my subconscious like a rat nestled at the bottom of a shopping bag.".....Jossip: "Would you have gotten into prostitution without Craigslist?"College Call Girl: No chance(2nd question)